Hyderabad: The cabinet, on Thursday, October 23, gave its nod to repeal the two-child restriction for contesting Telangana local body polls.
Though the decision was taken during the previous cabinet meeting held on October 16, it approved amending Section 21 (3) of the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act of 2018, thereby enabling those having more than 2 children to contest the elections.
“The state government will bring an ordinance to make the amendment, which will be sent to Governor Jishnu Dev Varma for approval,” said revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy, addressing the media after the cabinet meeting held at Dr BR Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat on Thursday, October 23.
He said that the decision on conducting the local body elections will be taken after the High Court’s direction during the hearing on 42 percent reservations for the Backward Classes (BC) scheduled on November 3.
He said that the decision will be taken during the next cabinet meeting which will be held on November 7.
He also said that the cabinet has decided to speed-up the works for the construction of four Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) multi-specialty hospitals in LB Nagar, Sanathnagar, Alwal and Warangal.
The cabinet also decided to setup 1500 MW energy storage units, and also to dismantle 62.5 MW thermal power unit at Ramagundam, which has crossed 52 years.
He also said that a full-fledged cumulative proposal on the requirements in the power sector, whether it is solar power, battery storage systems, or generation of power through reverse pumping, will be discussed in the next cabinet meeting.
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